This book presents a collection of studies that have applied analytical methods to improve preparedness, planning, and a faster response to A&E and public health emergencies like epidemic and disease outbreak.

Editors: Donelli, Gianfranco (Ed.)Provides updated information in the areas of basic and applied microbiology as well as in the field of infectious diseases affecting humans and animalsOpens the debate on relevant issues for public health such as the epidemiology and pathogenesis of emerging and re-emerging microbial infections and the role of vaccines in the prophylaxis of severe infectious diseasesBroadens the current understanding of multidrug-resistance and the host immune responseInforms on the new strategies for treatment of acute and chronic microbial infections, including the biofilm-based onesAims to promote a prompt validation and transfer at clinical level of the most promising experimental results